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Any effect on oil pressure at idle, having the narrower rod ends?

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None at all I've run motors with .026 rod side clearances with .0033 bearing clearances and ran a different motor with the same bearing clearances, oil pump and oil pressure with rods that had .050 side clearances, no noticeable diffirences on the street or at the track The bearing clearances and oil pump along with the heat and viscotity(SP?) of the oil deteremines the oil pressure and volume of oil flowed through the motor, not just the rod side clearances I use to worry about the wide side clearances until I saw more motors hurt with to tight(less than .010) rod side clearances than those with way to much side clearances, above .028